tradition
tradition
subs.
Story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.
Hearsay: P. ἀκοή, ἡ.
Memory: P. and V. μνήμη, ἡ.
Hand down by tradition, v.: P. and V. πᾰρᾰδῐδόναι.
Handing down by tradition: P. παράδοσις, ἡ.
Those who have received the clearest accounts by tradition from their predecessors: P. οἱ τὰ σαφέστατα . . . μνήμῃ παρὰ τῶν πρότερον δεδεγμένοι (Thuc. 1, 9).
The earliest of those whom we know by tradition: P. παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν (Thuc. 1.4).
The traditions of our fathers, which we possess as a heritage coeval with our years, no reasoning shall overthrow: V. πατρίους παραδοχὰς ἅς θʼ ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ κεκτήμεθ οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λόγος (Eur. Bacch. 201).
subs.
Story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.
Hearsay: P. ἀκοή, ἡ.
Memory: P. and V. μνήμη, ἡ.
Hand down by tradition, v.: P. and V. πᾰρᾰδῐδόναι.
Handing down by tradition: P. παράδοσις, ἡ.
Those who have received the clearest accounts by tradition from their predecessors: P. οἱ τὰ σαφέστατα . . . μνήμῃ παρὰ τῶν πρότερον δεδεγμένοι (Thuc. 1, 9).
The earliest of those whom we know by tradition: P. παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν (Thuc. 1.4).
The traditions of our fathers, which we possess as a heritage coeval with our years, no reasoning shall overthrow: V. πατρίους παραδοχὰς ἅς θʼ ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ κεκτήμεθ οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λόγος (Eur. Bacch. 201).
TRADITION
s. Delivery of events to posterity by oral report fama (the proper word not to be used in the plur. in the sense of stories accounts handed down). Circumlocution by the phrases posteris tradere or prodere aliquid; ad posteritatem propagare aliquid; memoriae prodere aliquid (to hand down by tradition). A thing has been handed down by tradition sermone hominum posteritati res prodita tradita est.
An account thus handed down *narratio a parentibus tradita: *narratio ore propagata; memoria (☞ traditio is late in this sense). A mere tradition fabula; res fabulosa; historia fabularis.
s. Delivery of events to posterity by oral report fama (the proper word not to be used in the plur. in the sense of stories accounts handed down). Circumlocution by the phrases posteris tradere or prodere aliquid; ad posteritatem propagare aliquid; memoriae prodere aliquid (to hand down by tradition). A thing has been handed down by tradition sermone hominum posteritati res prodita tradita est.
An account thus handed down *narratio a parentibus tradita: *narratio ore propagata; memoria (☞ traditio is late in this sense). A mere tradition fabula; res fabulosa; historia fabularis.
tradition:
1. fāma: as the old t. goes, vetus est ut f., Hor. Sat. 2, 1, 36.
2. trādĭtio: Gell. Phr.: to hand down by t., memoriae posteris tradere, Liv. 3, 67; memoriae prodere, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: the t. is not warranted, non traditur certum, ib. 2, 8: to hand down a t. of the battle, t. memoriam pugnae posteris, id. 8, 10: according to t., ut quod memoria proditum, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54. Phr.: there is an old t., ab antiquis traditur, Plin. 7, 54. A mere t., fābŭla: most ancient t.s. fabulae ab ultima antiquitate repetitae, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65: there is a fabulous t., antiquitas fabulose narravit, Plin. 12, 19, 42.
1. fāma: as the old t. goes, vetus est ut f., Hor. Sat. 2, 1, 36.
2. trādĭtio: Gell. Phr.: to hand down by t., memoriae posteris tradere, Liv. 3, 67; memoriae prodere, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: the t. is not warranted, non traditur certum, ib. 2, 8: to hand down a t. of the battle, t. memoriam pugnae posteris, id. 8, 10: according to t., ut quod memoria proditum, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54. Phr.: there is an old t., ab antiquis traditur, Plin. 7, 54. A mere t., fābŭla: most ancient t.s. fabulae ab ultima antiquitate repetitae, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65: there is a fabulous t., antiquitas fabulose narravit, Plin. 12, 19, 42.